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CAT 1999 — DILR Question 35

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Passage / Data

Directions: Answer the questions based on the following information.
These questions are based on the price fluctuations of four commodities — arhar, pepper, sugar and gold during February-July 1999 as described in the figures below.

Price change of a commodity is defined as the absolute difference in ending and beginning prices expressed as a percentage of the beginning. What is the commodity with the highest price change?

Answer & solution

  • Arhar

  • B

    Pepper

  • C

    Sugar

  • D

    Gold

Solution

The price changes for each commodity are as follows.

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The highest price change from the graph and the above is definitely for Arhar.

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